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*rr-.v*<- ^ W'*'V«fw THE McHENHY PLAIND8ALITR, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1$27 I?4f WWrf Try Hot long ago the deacon bought • » and baggy and took his wife one Sunday for a drive. They • to a neighboring town of Osseo r,pnd saw a sign which read: "Speed ^limlt, fifteen miles per hour." "Here, jma," said the deacon excitedly, "you slake (he lines and drive, and I'll UN l?jtte whip. Maybe we can malw^t*' Farm Loans 5*4% or 5y2%, depending " on value of land per aot%* « ^ Prompt Service f SAVINGS BANK OF KEWANEE Kewanee. Illinois 0. W. KLONTZ, M. D. Physician and Snrgeo* {Also treating all diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat and doing Refraction) mttmttttwmtmmmitinmHi ILLINOIS News Notes Hoars--8 to 9 a. m., 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. m. Sundays by Appointment iphone 181 s, McHenry, III WM. M. CARROLL Lawyer OSes with Kent ft Cwpaay Every Wednesday Phone 34 McHenry, HI (telephone No. 108-R. Stof fel & Reihansperger Insurance agents for all classes of property in the boat companies. WEST McHENRY, ILLINOIS J.W.WORTH PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT _ •adits Systems Income ani « Iaheritance Tax Matters Member of Public Accountants Association of Illinois flea* SM-J McHeary, ID. 128-W. Reasonable Bates A. H. SCHAEFKR Draytat McHENRY, ILLINOIS hsore-li Sore--faisunnce -- WITH W m.G. Schreiner Auctioneering . ".-J OFFICE AT RESlDENCa - •hssilMl McHENRY, ILL k M' i l' k- * I Chicken Feed We make our own POULTRY SCRATCH AND MASH Both excellent feeds and prieeo moderate, I Try a Sack Today NcHeor] flour Mills W«e' McHenry, ]£» DENTISTS DBS. McCHESNEY & BROWN (Incorporated) * Dr. I. W. Brown Dr. B. M. Walker Established over 50 years and still ' doing business at the old stand Pioneers in First Class Dentistry at Moderate Prices ( Ask your neighbors and Friends about us. B. E. Cor. Clark and Randolph St. 145 N. Clark St,, Chicage Daily 8 to 5, Sundays 9 to 11 Phone Central 2047 Others nt| claim to be as good, but thtrt Is do substitute lor -- CRIMSON HEAT Pain*, AthH and Soreness The First Aid Per QsMs la Chest, Memrfttla, Nesnl> tSil Feet* ON It whwwr pato. Inflammation. eo&caatioa ar Itching exiata. A boo--baM nao--Iti --keep it oc hand always. Inaiat upon gettinc tfaa amniin CRIMSON HEAT. Look for tndanark on packaca. In handy tubaa. Nc. Tour will cat it far ran. Orifiwpnte ItllllllllllllllllllllllllUlUJIlIUIIUll The Republican convention to nominate judicial candidates In the Seventeenth circuit has been set for Rock ford April 16. Mayor Harry Secor of Savanna, after serving two terms as mayor, decided to return to his calling I minister of the Baptist church. Celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the laying out of Han over, one of the oldest and quaintest towns In northern Illinois, is planned. Reapportionment of the state by a special committee of the assembly, based on the 1920 census, has been approved by the gtate senate by a vote of 28 to 24. Otis O. Kercher, for the last five years farm adviser of Vermilion county, has again signed up to lead the bureau for another three years at an advance in salary. Illinois men and women who are working for conservation of the state's natural resources met at a dinner in Chicago to plan how they can better correlate their efforts. Half a hundred friends and business associates of the late Representative Frank W. Morassy, Sheffield, heard him extolled when the house of representatives paid tribute to his memory. LaSalle county will seek damages amounting to $2,767.43 from the stata of Illinois for damages caused at the county farm by the breaking of the wall of the I. and M. canal on September 23, 1926. Jane Freeee, twelve years old of Chicago, has been chosen as the nation's model girl scout and her likeness will appear on the posters which the national organization will use In Its campaigns. The house was asked to place into the hands of the state department of registration and education the task of deciding what plays and other stage entertainments are fit for public exhibition in Illinois.^ The niinols college debating team was awarded the decision over Lombard college at Jacksonville. The question debated was the McNary- Haugen farm relief bill. Illinois college upheld the negative. Mental defectives with criminal tendencies, popularly known as morons, would become subject to the present statutes relating to lunatics, if the bill introduced In the state house of representatives by Representative Ralph E. Church of Bvanston becomes a law. RockfOrd was selected a» the convention city, March 9, 1928, by the John Ericsson Republican League of Illinois at Its thirty-third annual meeting at Jotlet Truman Johnson of : Rockford was elected president and Edward J art of Chicago was re-elected secretary. Anxious to see what their cows can do under favorable conditions, 185 farmers and dairymen In 21 counties of the stste have nominated 432 cows for 1927 membership in the Illinois 000-pound Butterfat Cow club, sponsored by the extension service of the college of agriculture. University of Illinois, in co-operation with county farm advisers and Interested dairymen. The Increase In enrollment in the college of law of the University of Illinois has been 150 per cent since 1920, figures announced show. There have also been very large Increases in the Journalism courses, with an Increase of 60 per cent; the graduate school, with 84 per cent, and In architecture, 42 pen cent These increases are Bald to be the result of strengthened faculties and courses offered. The end of the Illinois soldiers' compensation work is in sight. The senate has passed a bill by Senator Searcy of Springfield to wind up the affairs of the service recognition board In 60 days. This is the board which has had the spending of the $55,000,000 soldiers' compensation bond issue. There Is $140,000 left, and the bill reappropriates that sum to pay all claims that may yet be approved by the board before it goes out of existence. Reporting a loss by fire in school property In January almost as large as the entire 1926 loss, John G. Camber, state fire marshal, cautioned school officials that they are as responsible for the safety of their pupils as for their education. Twenty-four school fires caused a loss during the month of of $653,380, while the entire loss for 1926 was $752,676, he said. "Fires from such causes are preventable and should be charged directly to the negligence of some one. It should be one of the first concerns of school officials to see that no fire hazards are tolerated about the schools and also that ample exits are provided for emergencies." Two Junior women, one senior woman and a sophomore man were dismissed from the University of Illinois by action of the council of administration for participation in a drinking party. Representative Church was the author of two bills which would apply the Australian system of fining the nonvoter in Illinois. Any qualified citizen falling to register would be fined from $10 to $25, and a similar penalty would be assessed against a voter who failed to go to the polls at a ni< oral election. , Says I to myself, well, today is the day to get a real rest in a sensible way. Ill tune up the car and I'll take all my gang, an' I'll let all the worry and such things go hang. 'Course the kids and the wife are all glad to agree, so they pile in the bus in a hurry, an' gee, the thought of a trip in the out-of-doors bright is the sort of an outing that just hits me right. We ramble along on a wonderful street and I'm dodgin' the millions of autos we meet. The traffic is wild and it shortly appears that the buzzing and honking will deafen my ears. We seek for a roadway where traffic is tame, but, shucks, all the others are doin' the same. An untraveled highway ? Fate laughs in my face, and I find, like all drivers, there is no such place. We finally get home and I smile when I think how the plans for a restup have gone on the blink. My nerves are on edge and my eyesight is spent. I'm a blamed sight more tired that I was when I went. You won't find many of the young people these days who are shy, but you will find plenty who are shy among those who foot the young Trucks, people's bills. were in the front yard a-raking up the leaves an' I heerd Tony say, turrible boastful, "My sister's a-going to feet married," says he. "Huh!" Bill says, "that's nothing;" says he, "My sister's a-going to get divorced," he says. It is about time for the bathing J>eauty to appear, but after all she Won't have much on the flapper with rolled stockings and skirt at half mast- GRAHAM BROTHERS SALES INCftiEASE Graham Brothers, a division of Dodge Brothers, Inc., made and sold more trucks and commercial cars in the month of January than during any previous January in the company's history. This is a definite answer to questions raised at the first of the year about what 1927 holds for the motor truck industry, according to officials. Trucks and commercial cars shipped from all Graham Brothers plants for the first month of this year totaled 4,255, as against 3,765 in January, 1926, which in turn surpassed all preceding first months. Now, production has been increased to 275 units a day, nearing the record peak established in May 1926. Demand is still growing, the company reports. Graham Brothers' factories in Detroit; Evansville, Indiana; Stockton, California; and Toronto, Ontario, are all working full time with a full force of men. litis means substantially increased employment over the first part of last year, since the total plant size grew 41 per cent during 1926 to take cara of the constantly expanding markets. James Morrow ft Son are the local agents for Dodge cars and Graham trwr: o 1 • 9 Interesting Bits of News Talcea From the Columns of the ftlindealer Fifty aai 'Twenty-five Years Ago ' • When Little Ben Zeen come home from school yesterday his mother says to him, "Ben," she says, "you go right straight down an' have your hair cut," she says. "It looks turrible," she says, "It's pretty ni long enough to braid," she says. "Aw, maw," says Ben, "I don't want to get it cut," he says. "Well' forevermore!" says Maggie, "why not?" she says. "Because," says he "I don't want to took like a girl," he says. "What has become of the oldfashioned girl who used to go out into the orchard and bring in a skirt full of apples?" Plumber: I've come to fix that old tub in the kitchen. Youngster: Mama, here's the doctor to see the cook.--Oral Hygiene* Recruiting Sergsnt: Have yota any scars on you ? Would-be Marine: No, but I can give you a cigarette.--The leatherneck. My Mother thinks that Father ought to always have the best, and she has got him so he thinks he's better'n all the rest. She gets his evening paper out when he comes home at night and drags around his easy chair and tries to use him right. And when we all sit down to supper she never blinks lash. Hut hands him out some chicken and helps us kids to hash. My mother says that home should be in our affection's first, but Father thinks its just the place for him to act the worst. When he's in town he jokes and laughs and uses people kind but when he starts for home at night he leaves his smiles behind. He snarls about the dinner, and he calls the victual's trash, so Mother feeds him chicken and fills us up on hash. But after Father's rested and has had his evening smoke, he always feels lots better and likes to play "The Spartan mother told her son to return with his shield', or upon it." "Yes, but the modern shiek returns with his windshield, or through it"-- St. John's Telegraph-JournaL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE In the matter of the petition of the City of McHenry to levy a Special Assessment for a local' improvement consisting of a connected system of sewers for sanitary purposes, etc. in and along a portibn of Crystal" Lake road and other streets, in the said city of McHenry, McHenry county, Illinois. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons interested that the city council of the city of McHenry; McHenry county, Illinois, having ordered that a local improvement be made consisting of the construction of a connected' system of sewers for sanitary purposes, provided with all necessary manholes, house junction branches and vitrified stoppers, all connected and completely installed in place, including excavation and backfilling, in and along a portion of Crystal Lake Road, Mill street, Grove street and Waukegan Road, within the city of McHenry, McHenry County Illinois, March, 1877 The old Sorghum Mill on the south side of the creek fell in one day last week. Cause, too much snow. On Saturday last three runaways occurrei dn this village and wasn't much of a day for runaways either. H. E. Wightman's team started the business in the morning. Frank Doran's with a load of corn, followed suit, and about six in the evening a farmer's team took Greely's advice and started West. On Sunday Joe Wiedeman's pacer caught the infection and besides tipping over his load, left the cutter in a somewhat demoralized condition. In all three fracas we believe no one was injured. Hie beautiful snow still keeps coming, an addition being made to our already sufficient supply, almost every day. There is now more snow on the ground than at any time this winter. A. R. Bradbury, the editor of the new Democratic paper just established at Woodstock, made our Sanctum a call on Monday. He is canvassing in the interest, of his paper in this part of the country. ' March, 1902 Mrs. M. .A Searles will open her store Monday, M!arch 24 with an elegant stock of Easter millinery. Mrs. Spaulding's Easter goods will arrive this week and will be on display next Monday. Everything new in the millinery line. While out walking last Sunday Mrs. John Huemann slipped and fell heavily to the sidewalk, injuring her hip. She was confined to her bed for several days in consequence. Harbian Bros., received an order from Oklahoma recently for a lot of cigars. The demand for their good* is constantly increasing' and the territory they cover is growing- larger. Pat Conway announces that he is a candidate for mayor. Now who would have ever surmised that Pat was becoming so ambitious? Remember how Caesar fell, Pat. The Ladies' Aid society of the M. E. church will meet on Friday afternoon of this week at two o'clock, with Mrs. Robert Sherburne. Miss Bell GalTaher was the- victim of a surprise last Saturday evening, large number of friends giving- her an unexpected call. The following were present: Misses Nina Colby, Florence Howe, Lueile Stevens, Csssie ETdretfge, Katie Knox, Agnes Meyers,. Zue Gall a her, BelTe Gallaher, Mabel Granger, Dora Stoffel, Lillfe MV-Gee, Blanche Nrflis, Katie Heimer and Lillian Wheeler. Messrs Emerson Travers, Laurfn Lauck, Fred Eldredge, Clayton Ross, Lynn Cristy, Charleston Ross, Charles Heimer, Martin Stoffel, Will Gallaher, Hugh Gallaher and Richard Walsh. When the Emergen *; , -?*•. / f, • ' ='• ; - V/" - Will You Emerge? In every person's life, sooner or later, comes an emergency that overwhelms, unless the one assailed has a reserve fund, that enables him to successfully emerge from the pending disaster. With a savings account, increased regularly by savings from your income, when the emergency comes to you, you will be able to emerge. Fox River Valley State Bank "The Rank That Helps You To Get Illinois ' 5 [-c and joke. He helps us with our lessons, and he does it in a way that' a3 provided for in and by an ordinance makes them entertaining, and seems just as plain as day. And sometimes, when we go to bed, he hands us out some cash. So let him have his chicken, well get along with hash. The only reason flappers don't powder their noses oftener on the street is because the mirrors on the sidewalk scales, and gumvending machines are not closer together. Hen Peck went up to Judge Howell's office last Saturday an' says to him, "I'd like to have you get a divorce for me, Judge," says he. "Well what's your grounds?" the Judge says. "Well," says Hen, "Tve been a-living with Sarah now for going on fourteen years," he says, "an' hain't I legally entitled to a rest?" says he. passed by the City Council of said city February 19th 1927, and approved by its mayor on February 19th, 1927, en titled "An Ordinance For a Con nected System of Sanitary Sewers in a Portion of Crystal Lake road, Mill street, Grove street and Waukearan road, in the City of McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois," the ordinance for the same being on file in the office of the city clerk of said city of McHenry, and having applied to the County Court of McHfenry County for an assessment of the costs of said improvement according to the benefits, and assessments therefor having been made and returned to said court, which assessment is divided into ten amruar installments bearing interest at the rate of six percent per annum; the final hearing thereon will* be had on the 28th day of March, A. 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